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Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 23-11-2019, 04:21
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Posted By Snore
Re: Well Done Norway! US Navy take notes!

I agree. But once the vessel is within sight of land, it doesn’t matter. The decidedly low-tech adversaries can see the vessel.

So if the vessel is in visual range- why not give other vessels...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 22-11-2019, 05:02
Replies: 91
Views: 13,827
Posted By Snore
Re: Well Done Norway! US Navy take notes!

Dan posted this in response to a question raised on my orignal post (thanks Dan). Bottom line is you are correct! As a US Master who does most of his work on this side of the Atlantic, I used an...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 14-11-2019, 19:11
Replies: 91
Views: 13,827
Posted By Snore
Re: Well Done Norway! US Navy take notes!

Sigh —- yes in a pure sense you are right.

When trying to explain this to someone who is foreign to the concept. It is simply more expedient to explain it is an angle.
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 14-11-2019, 10:28
Replies: 91
Views: 13,827
Posted By Snore
Re: Well Done Norway! US Navy take notes!

????? If the angle does not change your gonna crash. Be it approaching from astern, side or head-on.

The example I give students/newbies is imagine you are walking towards a door. The two...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 14-11-2019, 06:34
Replies: 91
Views: 13,827
Posted By Snore
Re: Well Done Norway! US Navy take notes!

If you 100% for sure know what you are looking at- this is correct. Coming into a new port, I treat the MFD as a video reference and make visual contact with everything. Essentially recreating the...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 13-11-2019, 19:43
Replies: 91
Views: 13,827
Posted By Snore
Well Done Norway! US Navy take notes!

Yes! I check the angle on anything of concern. You don’t need a hand bearing compass to do this.

(Sarcasm follows so smile). This is a real high tech method, and relates to how it was done “in...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 12-11-2019, 16:37
Replies: 91
Views: 13,827
Posted By Snore
Re: Well Done Norway! US Navy take notes!

I call BS on the deck lights!

In ASA 101 and on deliveries with new owners, I teach how to check a relative angle. If the angle does not change you will crash! Not a whole lot of brain power...
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